Group Vice President Finance, Assemblies & Residential Solutions (ARS)

Eaton Corporation is seeking a Group Vice President Finance, Assemblies & Residential Solutions (ARS), a more than $6B business for its Electrical Sector Americas (ESA) division. This person will report directly to the President of the Assemblies & Residential Solutions Group, ESA and functionally to the VP Finance, ESA. This position can be based at the following Eaton locations: Charlotte NC, Pittsburgh PA or Cleveland OH. Relocation within hiring country is offered.

The Group Vice President Finance will serve as a key member of the senior leadership team and will be responsible for leading the ARS group finance organization (Group VP, Regional and Plant Controllers). This includes ensuring that the business conforms to corporate financial policies, legal requirements and GAAP as well as providing strategic, analytical, and tactical financial leadership to maximize profitable growth and support the larger strategic initiatives for the ARS Group and the Electrical Americas. The Group Vice President will also be responsible for internal controls, financial planning & analysis, and global product line support. This role will have financial P&L and full balance sheet responsibility and will drive process improvements within the organization, creating and implementing policies increase efficiency and transparency of results. In addition, this position is responsible for building organizational capability within the Finance function in the pursuit of the business group’s goals and aggressive growth objectives.

Essential Functions:

• Work with Group President and Senior Leadership Team to set overall financial goals and objectives as well as functional goals and objectives in support of our strategic plan and current year profit plan.

• Directs general and property accounting, cost accounting, and budgetary control for the ARS Group. Evaluates operating results in terms of costs, budgets, operating policies, trends and increased profit opportunities for the business.

• Facilitate key monthly business operating reviews to help drive execution of our profit plan and longer-term strategy.

• Perform ad hoc financial analysis to identify opportunities for profitability improvement – customer, sales, marketing, pricing/mix, new product development, operations, supply chain and cost-out.

• Prioritize opportunities and provide leadership to the cross functional teams to address areas for continuous improvement.

• Ensure compliance with SOX, GAAP, and Eaton Financial Policy including integrity of all Balance Sheet items. Develop Finance functional excellence and stability thru deployment of organizational model that aligns personnel with requirements of a global business.

• Provide financial leadership on a variety of strategic business projects – large commercial/pricing decisions, M&A or partnership opportunities, multi- generational product plans, supply chain optimization and new business opportunities.

• Develops key leaders and builds organizational capability through successful hiring, talent development and succession planning throughout the function and across all regions.

• Foster an environment that promotes Eaton’s goals, philosophies, and encourages continuous improvement.

• Plays a role in representing the company in the local community to enhance its image and reputation.

Required Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution; MBA preferred.

• Minimum of 10 (ten) years of broad financial experience within a complex, global manufacturing organization

• Minimum of five (5) years of experience managing teams

• Demonstrated experience managing full financial P&L responsibilities for an organization generating revenue of at least $1 billion.

• Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.

Position Success Criteria:

• Creates, promotes and sustains a high-performance culture. Continuously raises the performance bar for the finance organization.

• Actively upgrades the organization through the infusion of top talent, through both the selection of new employees and the development of current employees. Must be capable of evaluating talent and building organizational capability. Requires good mentoring and coaching skills.

• Continuously re-assesses the organization’s skills, competencies, and abilities to meet the business needs and drive results.

• Effectively drives and manages change, challenges the status quo and champions new and innovative ideas.

• Demonstrates professional presence, communicates articulately and confidently.

• Exhibits managerial courage in defending a position and handling conflict.

• Effectively leverages functional and cross-functional resources to solve problems, improve processes and meet objectives.

• Acts as a business partner – sees the big picture – provides broad thought leadership.

At Eaton, we strive to provide compensation and benefits that attract, engage, and retain the best talent. This includes competitive pay and a variety of benefit programs for eligible employees. The expected annual salary range for this role is $203,000-$315,000 a year. This role is also eligible for a variable incentive program. Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.

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